Fishing fly



May 8, 1934- s. M. wIGHT ET AL Re. 19,160

FISHING FLY original Filed J'an. 29, 1925 "wwwa ilo@ 'B MM ATTORNEY.

Reiaued May s, 1934 Re. 19,160

FISHING AFLY Stanley M. Wright and Andrew D. McGill, Denver, Colo., assignors to Wright and McGill Company, Denver, Colo., a corporation of Colorado Original No. 1,657,734, dated January 31, 1928, Serial No. 5,622, January 29, 1925. Application for reissue December 9, 1933, Serial No. 703,022

This invention relates to fishing flies. Flies of a substance for this purpose which will dry this character are usually built up Vof feathers quickly so as to facilitate 'the maunfacture of colored and designed to simulate natural flies or fishing flies.

Other iIiseeiiS- In use, the illes are allowed t Other objects and advantages reside invour infloat upon the surface and with the current 0f vention which will become more apparent from 60 a stream.` When the limit of the fishing line is the following detailed description, reference be reached, they are withdrawn from the water and ing had to the accompanying drawing. In the thrown With a Sharp whipping aCiiOD P011 the drawing: Fig. 1 illustrates a fishing fly with the upstream surface so that they may again float invention embodied; Fig. 2 is a cross section .10 downward with the current. This whipping through the wing taken on the line 2-2, Fig. l.

through the air soon results in destroying and The views are greatly magnified. fraying the feather structures of the wings of the We attain the above objects by coating the flies. feathers with nitro-cellulose preferably dissolved When the flies are first formed, the feather '1s in amyl acetate. The amyl acetate soon evapoheld in shape by the inter-locking of the vexilla rates and leaves a uniform, impervious, trans- 7n and tendrils of the natural feather. Under norparent, flexible, waterproof, cellulold-like` lm mal conditions this inter-locking of the tendrils over the entire structure through which the natand vexilla is sufficient to maintain the web of 111-31 @10i-S of the feather can be Seen undimnthe feather in its original form, but when subished and unchanged, The coating is applied .ieeiied t0 the Whipping actief! 0f the fish line. either by dipping the entire ily and hook there- 75 this natural inter-locking relation is insufficient in, or by applying it only to the wings of the fly to withstand the service. As a result, the feather with a Smau brush. is soon frayed out and each individual varie be- In Order t0 Stimm the feather in wings of comes independent from its neighbor. This fraythose types of nies which have a eomperativeiy ing iS especially rapid When the flies are Used in large wing area, it is the present custom toemso swift mountain streams where they are subjected ploy a Secondary Stiffenng wing or feather to to the action of the' current and to battering Serve as a, Support for the main wing. With the 11h01l 1'0CkS. use of our process and medium, however, it is Fishing illes have been treated With OlS, Palunnecessary to employ a stiening wing, since ailine, waxes, etc., in en endeavor t0 render them the flexible Celluloid-like nim acts as a. stifiener e5 Water-proof, and t0 PreVehi frayihg. The Oils, and the cost of manufacture of the large wing however, serve no purpose in holding the comnies is thereby greatly lessened. f 'Ponent Darts 0f the feather igethel. The Dal- Unlike the film of the usual trade varnishes, aflines have insllficlent tensile strength l0 tie the the Celluloid-like casing or coating will not dry Various Perils S0 that they Will withstand JEhe out and become brittle but will maintain its .en strain. In fact, feathers treated with paraffme nexibiiity indefinitely. An ordinary gum varnish have been fellhd i0 "Wlll 0u alf-10st 35 readily coating upon thewings ofa ily requires from two as the untreated feather' The usual trade Var to three days to dry sufficiently for the flies to be nishes, formed of oils, turpentines, gums, etc., packedh The a myl acetate, however, evaporates 40 have been used by the applicants 1n an endeavor quickly and the flies are ready for packing in 15 to plevent fraymg olthe builley getrr omd to 20 minutes, thereby greatly increasing the ease go dlslor tt gitn e; afhe css a1 Itlsade frg of manufacture and reducing the cost thereof. alasgseapgiivs toe aflegt-the "attrction of the fly one O f .the agpucants has an application pend" for the fish. Many successful fishermen will not mg' t? Wit fsemal' No' 536452' med February 14 1m, use a ny with vamjshed wings for this reason. i922, in which the use of nitro-cellulose is 'men- The prindpal object of this invention is to ticned. At this time, however, the most suitable provide a procss and medium for treating the solvent for nitro-cellulose was not known. The feathers of a shing y Whichwiu Securely tie applicants have found that amyl-acetate is the the component parts of the feather together; most suitable solvent for dissolving nitro-celluwhich will formaexibie transparent waterproof lose to produce the product desiredeltho, of casing over the entire feather structure and course., other solvents may be used. The evapowhich will not in itself discolor and which.,` will ration of the amyl acetate leaves a film consistnot affect the color of the feather. ing in the main of nitro-cellulose.l Another object of the invention is to provide In the drawing the wing of a fly is shown at 10 completely surrounded by a illm, coating, or casincluded within the terms of the accompanying ing, consisting o1' nitro-cellulose. claims, in which it is our intention to claim all The term celluloid as used herein is to designovelty inherent in our invention as broadly as nate the transparent, flexible coating, nlm or is permissible in view of the prior art.

6 residue remaining after the evaporation o1' the Having thus described our invention, what we 80 solvent without regard to the chemical constituclaim and desire secured by Letters Patent is:- ents thereof. l 1. A ishing y comprising a body portion;

While we have described in some detail, meth` wings attached to said body portion; and a celluods of applying our improved medium, and of loid coating surroundingsaidwings. c 10 carryingbut our process, it is understood that our 2. The combination with a fishing fiy,"l1aving g5 invention is not limited tothe precise procedure wings, of a transparent celluloid casing comdescribed nor is it dependent upon the accuracy pletely surrounding said wings.'

contrary, our invention is not 'to be regarded as` STNLEY M. WRIGHT. limited except in so far as such limitations are y ANDREW D. MoGILL. 90

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